Kennedy Commentary: The importance of framing
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy July 28, 2025 The most important thing I learned in law school can be summed up with the adage “he who frames the issue wins the debate.” The “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Media Fragmentation And Minority Voters
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy July 16, 2025 I know I keep harping on the subject of our media environment, but as more research becomes available, I become more and more convin “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Journalism in the Age of Trump
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy June 18, 2025 History confirms the existence of what we might call “fringe folks” in every society–people who, for whatever reason, have em “...”
Kennedy Commentary: The Stakes
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy June 10, 2025 Remember that old song lyric, “What’s It all about, Alfie?” Those of us who are appalled and confused by the administration “...”
Kennedy Commentary: The Appalling Pastor Beckwith
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy June 6, 2025 If I were a Christian–a real one–I would cringe every time our Christian Nationalist Lieutenant Governor claimed that affiliation “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Making Voting Hard
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy June 4, 2025 A fear often expressed by members of the Resistance is the possibility that Trump will declare a “national emergency” of some sor “...”
Kennedy Commentary: The Real Christians
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy May 26, 2025 I grew up in Anderson, Indiana, in one of a handful of Jewish families then living in that small town. Anti-Semitic incidents were no “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Protection Of Religion?
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy May 21, 2025 Well well well…I think the veil has just come off the Indiana GOP’s pious concern for (certain) religious beliefs. Indiana media “...”
Kennedy Commentary: About that War on Education…
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy May 14, 2025 I know, I know–those of you who follow this blog are tired of my periodic rants about MAGA’s war on public education. But the evi “...”
Kennedy Commentary: An Excellent Open Plea
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy May12, 2025 My sister was one of those Hoosiers who once held out hope that Indiana’s Senator Todd Young would grow a spine. After all–unlike “...”